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senator obama criticized the bush administration vociferously over their secret memoranda. candidate obama promised he would make full disclosure of the secret memos of the bush years and in fact, within a few months of coming to office, he did so. i think against that background, it is all the more shocking that president obama has launched on the same course of keeping really vital memoranda of this sort secret. there, you saw eric holder, really not able to articulate a justification. >> john: exactly. it is not just president obama. it is whoever is the next president and the president after that. medea, i know the democrats think they'll control the white house until 2024 at this point but are you concerned that not just president obama but future administrations, even if governor romney had become president right now last month they could use these legal arguments to continue targeted killings of citizens? >> yes of course. it is a huge power grab by the executive that does an end run against the judiciary but it also does an end run against congress because they say
senator obama criticized the bush administration vociferously over their secret memoranda. candidate obama promised he would make full disclosure of the secret memos of the bush years and in fact, within a few months of coming to office, he did so. i think against that background, it is all the more shocking that president obama has launched on the same course of keeping really vital memoranda of this sort secret. there, you saw eric holder, really not able to articulate a justification....
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is this going to be a problem for the obama administration? >> you know, this is one of those issues that i think has really alarmed civil libertarians and some of president obama's most natural allies, groups that tend to support him on almost every other issue. it's interesting i think americans generally approve of these drones because it means you're not endangering american servicemen. in battles. the idea of attacking -- you know, it's the way the political landscape changed with 9-11. that there's just a lot more tolerance for that kind of thing. but it has put president obama and his administration at odds with his most natural allies, that is the interesting thing to watch on that. >> bill: as we were saying earlier this morning, if george bush and dick cheney had done this, i mean progressives, liberals, would be raising hell about it. >> yeah. do you hear objections about it. and you know, if you travel abroad or read the foreign press, you hear enormous resentment about the use of drones in afghanistan and pakistan and elsewhere. b
is this going to be a problem for the obama administration? >> you know, this is one of those issues that i think has really alarmed civil libertarians and some of president obama's most natural allies, groups that tend to support him on almost every other issue. it's interesting i think americans generally approve of these drones because it means you're not endangering american servicemen. in battles. the idea of attacking -- you know, it's the way the political landscape changed with...
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president obama. but this is a principle that's going to outlast his administration. so even if you trust president obama and i don't think anyone should be trusted with his power, that's why we have a constitution, that's why we have laws, even if you trust them, this is a power that outlasts them. >> bill: the phrase to me that i find the most troubling is this 16-page white paper right says that this is okay to send a drone to kill an american citizen overseas when "an informed high-level official of the u.s. government has determined." what i've been trying to find out and i tried to ask jay carney at the briefing, i did not get called on. who are we talking about here? who is this informed high-level official of the u.s. government? is it the director of the c.i.a.? is it the secretary of defense? is it the president? who is it? do you know? >> no. i think the assumption has always been it is the president. >> bill: so he himself would put a check alongside of every american that we wanted to kill saying -- go for it. >> "the new york times" and "the washington p
president obama. but this is a principle that's going to outlast his administration. so even if you trust president obama and i don't think anyone should be trusted with his power, that's why we have a constitution, that's why we have laws, even if you trust them, this is a power that outlasts them. >> bill: the phrase to me that i find the most troubling is this 16-page white paper right says that this is okay to send a drone to kill an american citizen overseas when "an informed...
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instead of it being the obama administration setting up newtown. >> stephanie: there is a great piece. i don't know if you saw it in "the new york times" editorial. dangerous gun myths the idea that guns make women and homes safer is wrong. it cites in study after study absolutely the opposite is true of what gayle trotter testified to. >> right. you want to say for every person that stops a criminal, possibly stops a criminal because they had a gun, how many people get killed to save that one person? >> stephanie: i'm look at the first study for every instance in which a gun in the home was shot, there have been seven assaults, four accidental shootings, 11 attempted or successful suicides. you know, the cost benefit balance of having a gun in the home is especially negative for women according to another 2011 review from harvard. far more making women safer. it is a strong risk factor for homicides. that's why it is so dangerous. what she testified right? >> yeah. and again you know, nobody is going to go around and take away everybody's guns. all we're saying -- this country is too
instead of it being the obama administration setting up newtown. >> stephanie: there is a great piece. i don't know if you saw it in "the new york times" editorial. dangerous gun myths the idea that guns make women and homes safer is wrong. it cites in study after study absolutely the opposite is true of what gayle trotter testified to. >> right. you want to say for every person that stops a criminal, possibly stops a criminal because they had a gun, how many people get...
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and many of the questions were about drones and the obama administration's policy. nobody tougher on john brennan, asking better questions yesterday than our guest, senate ron wyden from oregon. good morning, senator. good to see you again. >> great to be on your show. as a basketball player i love the full court press. >> indeed. senator, you had written this letter. i saw you earlier this week. you told me you were sending this letter with 11 other senators to the white house saying we want you to release all of the memos related to drone policy. they did respond at least in kind. are you satisfied with what you received so far? >> bill, when the president called, it was clear that the president wanted to change course, and i give him credit for what is clearly an encouraging first step. >> that's right. he called you in response to that letter. didn't he? >> he did. and he also is offering up another very constructive idea. >> that's trying to start in the weeks ahead a dialogue with the public with respect to these issues. applying our checks and balances to mod
and many of the questions were about drones and the obama administration's policy. nobody tougher on john brennan, asking better questions yesterday than our guest, senate ron wyden from oregon. good morning, senator. good to see you again. >> great to be on your show. as a basketball player i love the full court press. >> indeed. senator, you had written this letter. i saw you earlier this week. you told me you were sending this letter with 11 other senators to the white house...
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i think you can trust the obama administration to do the right thing with this policy but you can't trust subsequent administrations. what if a neocon administration comes in after this? you can't trust them to use the policy in the right way. >> stephanie: my friend sent me this. she said this is a review from her friend who is a vietnam vet. just saw "zero dark thirty" and was disgusted by the politics of the film. torture a guy find bin laden three, find bin laden. no way you cannot see torture as a crucial element in finding bin laden. credit the torturers as heroes. the ends justifies the means. it isn't true. it is a fabrication. no credible evidence that led to bin laden's evidence was obtained by torture. human right abuses forced victims into giving up wrongful information that hurt our intelligence effort. "zero dark thirty" justifies america's use of torture incredibly reprehensible. it is dirty harry of our age. justify breaking the law and all moral codes endorse human rights violations, teach americans that abu ghraib torturing of americans is good. >> that's why i won't see
i think you can trust the obama administration to do the right thing with this policy but you can't trust subsequent administrations. what if a neocon administration comes in after this? you can't trust them to use the policy in the right way. >> stephanie: my friend sent me this. she said this is a review from her friend who is a vietnam vet. just saw "zero dark thirty" and was disgusted by the politics of the film. torture a guy find bin laden three, find bin laden. no way you...
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obama will be displaced out of his. it looks like they will be start the in august. it's not the first time it's happened. hurriedly bert hoover worked across the street from the white house during major repairs back in 1929. well, yeah of course i remember that. no. are you sure? i mean the one who lives across the street for years while they re-did the entire white house was terri truman. >> yes. >> lived in blair house. >> he didn't live across. they will still going to live in the while white house harry truman lived in blair house for a while. >> hoover worked in blair house. >> got it. thank you, dan. yes, indeed, super bowl super bowl sunday the big game last night from new orleans in the super so-called superdome didn't prove to be so super. the game, i've got to tell you i admit i watched half the game you know. i have a very early wake-up call. >> i watched the entire game. i took one for the team. >> i thought it was a great game over all 34-31. hard to complaint about a game like that it was close. both teams did a great job. i thought the first half, a l
obama will be displaced out of his. it looks like they will be start the in august. it's not the first time it's happened. hurriedly bert hoover worked across the street from the white house during major repairs back in 1929. well, yeah of course i remember that. no. are you sure? i mean the one who lives across the street for years while they re-did the entire white house was terri truman. >> yes. >> lived in blair house. >> he didn't live across. they will still going to...